| + Sinnathamby Rajaratnam | ||
| Order: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minister for Culture | 3 June 1959 - 9 August 1965 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | 9 August 1965 - 1 June 1980 | |
| Minister for Labour | 1968 - 1971 | |
| 2nd Deputy Prime Minister | 1980 - 1985 | |
| Senior Minister | 1985 - 1988 | |
| Place of Birth | Sri Lanka | |
| Wife | Piroska Feher | |
S.Rajaratnam or Sinnathamby Rajaratnam (25 February, 1915 - 22 February, 2006), was a Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980 to 1985 and a long time Minister and member of the cabinet from 1959 to 1988. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of independent Singapore as it achieved self-government in 1959 and later independence in 1965. He devoted much of his adult life to public service in Singapore and helped shape the mentality of Singaporeans on contemporary issues. He is widely known as S.Rajaratnam and one of the schools of Nanyang Technological University, namely S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies is named after him.
